Our Tectonophysics journal special issue with 18 articles on Dynamic processes of the Southeast (SE) Asia convergent system is now online here. The special issue was led by Lead Guest Editor Weiwei Ding (Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience & Second Institute of Oceanography, China). Other guest editors were:…Continue Reading Tectonophysics special issue on SE Asia convergent margin
Our article entitled “Linking Pacific Plate Motions to Metamorphism and Magmatism in Japan During Cretaceous to Paleogene Times” was published in the April 2024 issue of Elements magazine. The article was led by Jonny Wu (Arizona). Co-authors are Tsung-Jui Wu (University of Nevada Reno) and Ken Yamaha (Geological Survey of Japan AIST)….Continue Reading New Elements article on the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt, Japan
The University of Arizona media team highlighted our new paper in an article entitled “Geologists rewind the clock to reveal secrets about Earth’s mysterious mantle“. The new paper is entitled “Philippine Sea plate and surrounding magmatism reveal the Antarctic-Zealandia, Pacific, and Indian mantle domain boundaries” and was published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. The…Continue Reading UA media highlights new paper on Philippine Sea magmatism and mantle domains
Yi-Wei Chen’s manuscript entitled “Lesser Antilles slab reconstruction reveals lateral slab transport under the Caribbean since 50 Ma” was accepted for publication in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL). Co-authors are Jonny Wu (University of Arizona) and Saskia Goes (Imperial College London). Congrats Yi-Wei! The paper presents a slab-based Caribbean plate reconstruction and…Continue Reading Caribbean plate tectonics paper published in EPSL
We have seven upcoming presentations at AGU2023 in San Francisco. Please join us! GP13A-04 Geodynamic and Mantle Structure Tests of a 50-Ma Change in Pacific Absolute Plate Motion Daniel Woodworth (University of Houston), Jonny Wu (University of Arizona), Lorenzo Colli (Bluethink) PP33D-1553 Deep Mantle to Atmosphere: Understanding the Role of Vanished Intra-Oceanic Subduction Zones on…Continue Reading Upcoming AGU2023 presentations
Questions remain in our understanding of how mountains form. Jonny Wu brought perspectives on mountain formation and the Deep Earth to a recent media story published in the science news website LiveScience. Read it here….Continue Reading Media story on ‘How do mountains form?’
Please consider submitting an abstract to our organized EGU 2024 session TS2.7 “Geodynamics of Plate Convergence in Southeast Asia and Coupled Marginal Sea Evolution“. The EGU2024 meeting will be held on Apr 14-19, 2024. The lead convener is Zhiteng Yu from the Second Institute of Oceanography, China. Co-convenors are:…Continue Reading Submit to upcoming EGU 2024 session on SE Asia and marginal sea evolution
Jonny Wu recently presented two talks: Linking Japan-NW Pacific plate tectonics and arc magmatism since the Cretaceous (invited), Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan. Co-authors: ‘Jeremy’ Tsung-Jui Wu and Ken Yamaoka. Reconstructing intra-oceanic subduction for Earth’s dynamic topography, true polar wander, and paleoclimate history, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Co-authors: Yi-An Lin, Lorenzo…Continue Reading Talks presented in Japan and Netherlands
Congratulations to PhD student Moloud Rahimzadeh Bajgiran, who published their paper entitled “Assessing large-scale mantle compositional heterogeneity from machine learning analysis of 28 global P- and S-wave tomography models”. The paper was published in the journal Geophysical Journal International. Co-authors were Lorenzo Colli and Jonny Wu. Moloud’s paper can be accessed here….Continue Reading Paper accepted in GJI on machine learning analysis of 28 global tomography models
We are grateful for the opportunity to present the following topics at the GSA2023 meeting in Pittsburgh on Oct 15-18, 2023: Wu, J., Ojelabi, O., Chen, Y.-W., Portner, D., Mapping subducted aseismic ridges within the Nazca slab from mantle seismic tomography, GSA Annual Meeting 2023, Pittsburgh, PA Wu, T.-J., Wu, Y., Wu, J., Chen., L., Jun, M., Rahimzadeh Bajgiran, M.,…Continue Reading Presentations on paleoclimate, Andes tectonics and arc geochemistry at GSA2023